diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8621f442..2c35e1b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.1</version>
+        <version>3.5.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <excludePackageNames>de.sfuhrm.foo</excludePackageNames>
           <failOnError>false</failOnError>